Two days later, the train stopped in Yuncheng, and Li Yunlong took Mr. Situ out of the station, and nearly two companies of soldiers came outside the station.

"Mr. Situ, I have worked hard all the way. On behalf of our Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi, I welcome your arrival."

The brigade commander walked to Mr. Situ with a smile, and the two shook hands enthusiastically, as if they were two old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

Li Yunlong, who was standing beside him, sniffed awkwardly: "What, Grand Brigade Commander, I'll get you the person. If there is nothing wrong, I want to go back."

"Stop!" said the brigade commander coldly, "What's wrong with your butt on fire? Just say hello and want to leave?"

"Come here, I'm going to tell you something."

Li Yunlong sighed helplessly and thought to himself: If you really treat our old Li as a beast, you won’t have any messy tasks waiting for me, right?

Seeing this, the brigade commander glared at Li Yunlong, pulled him aside and said, "The Japanese have been making a lot of noise in the past two days when you are away. Dongjoji mobilized a lot of troops from other station areas. I guess there will be a big military operation in no time."

Li Yunlong frowned immediately: "Brig Commander, what instructions do you have?"

The brigade commander shook his head: "The specific instructions were conveyed by the superiors. The superiors said that most of the troops mobilized by Dongjoji this time were troops from Henan."

"Henan?" Li Yunlong asked in surprise: "Dongjoo mobilized troops from Henan at this time, which would be equivalent to demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall. In the war in Henan, it would probably not take long for our army to gain an advantage."

The brigade commander nodded and sighed, "Not bad!"

"What the superiors mean is to let us stand firm on the city, delay the time of the Japanese attack, and gain enough time for Henan to expand their advantages."

"I have sent the specific information to Ping'an County in the form of a telegram. I guess Zhao Gang and the others should have discussed how to fight the enemy at this time. You can go back immediately and be sure to be prepared."

"Yes!" Li Yunlong responded and then quickly left.

Li Yunlong knew that the focus of the Japanese's major operation this time was to be two places, one was Taicheng and the other was Ping'an County. As long as these two cities were taken down by the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army would definitely be disintegrated at that time, and the defeat of other cities was only a matter of time.

At the same time, on the city tower of the North China Expeditionary Army, Tojoji looked down at the army under the city, and his heart was filled with heroism.

"Dear warriors of the empire, this time I gathered the troops of five major detachments. The purpose is very simple, which is to carry out a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of the Chinese army in the northwest Shanxi."

"Although we have suffered repeated failures in northwestern Shanxi, this does not mean that our empire's army is not an opponent of the Chinese."

"Victory belongs to us, to the empire, to each of you!"

After Tojoji finished speaking of the pre-war encouragement, all the Japanese under the city tower immediately shouted like a tsunami, "Long live the empire, the empire will win."

Listening to this "Long Live" voice, Tojoji's vanity was greatly satisfied. After waved his hand, he led a group of Japanese officers back to the command center.

"Tsukada-kun, tell me about your plan this time!" said Tojo Chicken.

"Hayi!" Tsukata responded, then walked to the big map on the wall.

"Everyone, this is the information we have at present. Needless to say, the Chinese people's garrisons are probably around the same regiment."

"The targets we focus on this time are Changshan, Yuncheng, Taicheng, Li Yunlong's Ping'an County and Luliang."

"Changshan and Taicheng are on the same line. With the two cities, the Chinese can fully achieve an offensive and defensive and support each other. Therefore, if we want to take down Taicheng, we must cut off the support route between it and Changshan."

"Simply put, we need to attack these two cities at the same time!"

A Japanese detachment captain stood up and said, "Grandpa Tsukata, how many soldiers are there in these two cities at present, and how many troops are we need to capture!"

Tsukada shook his head and said, "The specific troops are unknown, but these two are important cities of the Chinese people, and the Taicheng walls are strong, so I think that two brigades or more troops must be able to advance."

"Of course, the forces of the two brigades are just conservatively estimated. Even if these two brigades cannot attack, they will have to trap them to death and not give them the opportunity to support each other. After the other cities are attacked, they can be assisted."

Everyone nodded, and they roughly understood what it meant, that is, the hardest bone to crack was left at the end.

Tsukata continued: "No need to say more about Luliang. The defense of the Supreme Commander of the Shanxi Sui Army must be quite strict. Their firepower will not be much worse than outside, so it is also necessary to eliminate the forces of two brigades and above!"

"Finally, Ping'an County and Yuncheng!"

"These two cities are the cities guarded by Li Yunlong, a confidant of the empire, so they are not careless."

Tojo Ji nodded: "These two cities are not difficult to capture."

"Yuncheng has a natural danger, Eagle Sword. Once the Chinese people stationed troops here to defend, it is probably difficult for us to get close to Yuncheng. Therefore, I think at least the troops of two brigades must be mobilized."

"Hayi!" Tsukata said: "In addition to the large army, we also need the power of a small force."

"This time we use the large army as bait to attract the firepower of the Yuncheng defenders, and then use a large squadron to attack Yuncheng. If we cannot attack, we can turn around and form an encirclement with the large army and encircle and eliminate the Chinese troops in the Eagle Sword."

As soon as Tsukada finished speaking, all the Japanese immediately became excited, as if Yuncheng was already in their pocket.

Tsukata coughed dryly, pulling back the thoughts of these captains.

"Everyone, next is Ping'an County, which is the location of Li Yunlong's troops."

"From the intelligence mastered by the empire, the troops in Ping'an County are at least three regiments and are equipped with firepower. If you attack strongly, you may have to invest at least two large detachments!"

"Impossible!" A captain of the large detachment immediately stood up and said, "Grandpa Tsukata, we have only five large detachments this time, and we have invested two large detachments to attack Ping'an County. The troops in other places are definitely not enough!"

Tsukada nodded: "Your Excellency Uchiyama is right, so we must find a way to weaken the defenders of Heian County!"

As he said that, Tsukada pointed to a place on the map: "Little Wilderness Mountain!"

"This is the most important place for Li Yunlong to develop funds. Once we attack here, Li Yunlong will definitely mobilize troops to garrison Xiaohuangshan."

"In this way, the garrison power of Ping'an County will definitely be greatly reduced, and Li Yunlong will also be in a dilemma!"

"Finally, we can send multiple teams to sweep the villages that were ambushed in Ping'an County, so as to force Li Yunlong to distribute some of his troops. In this way, the garrison force of Ping'an County will be very weak!"

Tojo Ji suddenly laughed: "Yoxi, Tsukada Jun has already planned it for us. Since this is the case, the troops are ready to attack the Chinese people in three days and weeks!"
Chapter completed!